Yuletide in Dixie : slavery, Christmas, and Southern memory /

"Yuletide in Dixie scrutinizes two centuries of stereotypes about U.S. slaves' Christmases. Much has been written about Christmas in the antebellum South, but no book has tackled its place in master-slave relations, addressed black perspectives on holiday privileges, showed how these tradi...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: May, Robert E. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Charlottesville ; London : University of Virginia Press, 2019.
Temas:
To 1865
Enslaved persons > Southern States > Social conditions.
Slavery > Southern States > History.
Christmas > Southern States > History.
Collective memory > Southern States.
African Americans > Southern States > Social conditions > History.
African Americans > Southern States > Social conditions.
Esclaves > États-Unis (Sud) > Conditions sociales.
Noël > États-Unis (Sud) > Histoire.
Noirs américains > États-Unis (Sud) > Conditions sociales.
African Americans > Social conditions
Christmas
Collective memory
Manners and customs
Slavery
Enslaved persons > Social conditions
Southern States > Social life and customs > 1775-1865.
Southern States > Social life and customs > To 1775.
États-Unis (Sud) > Mœurs et coutumes > Jusqu'à 1775.
Southern States
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction
  • Time and punishment
  • Purchased at little cost
  • Human trafficking on Jesus's birthday
  • Gaming the system
  • Winters of their discontent
  • Ransacking the garret
  • Sanitizing the past
  • Epilogue: beyond candlelight tours

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